Close X
Sunday, November 17, 2024
ADVT 
National

Quebec Man Gets 15 Years For Incest, Sex Assault Against Daughters

The Canadian Press, 27 Jan, 2017 09:10 PM
    GATINEAU, Que. — A Quebec man convicted of incest and sexual assault charges against two of his daughters was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison.
     
    Jacques Roger Lesage, 79, was found guilty by a jury one week ago on four of six charges, which included incest, sexual assault and indecent assault.
     
    The assaults in Val-des-Monts, in western Quebec, began in 1971 and ended in December 2004.
     
    Quebec Superior Court Justice Michel Pennou imposed a severe sentence, giving no credibility to the man's apology.
     
    Daughters Lucie and Nathalie said they were satisfied with the sentence.
     
    Lesage has been incarcerated since his 2014 arrest and, with time served, has 11 years left in his sentence.
     
     
    His trial heard he impregnated his daughter Lucie three times, the first when she was just 13.
     
    Jurors found him guilty of assaults against Lucie and Nathalie.
     
    He was acquitted in charges involving Chantal Knippenberg, a third daughter born of an extramarital affair.
     
    The three women previously asked the court for their names to be made public so their father's would be too.
     
    Lesage is awaiting trial in another similar case.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Saskatchewan MLA Dies In Hospital Just Two Weeks After Cancer Diagnosis

    Saskatchewan MLA Dies In Hospital Just Two Weeks After Cancer Diagnosis
    A government statement says the member for Saskatoon Meewasin died Tuesday night at the city's Royal University Hospital with family members by his side.

    Saskatchewan MLA Dies In Hospital Just Two Weeks After Cancer Diagnosis

    India Loses $58 Billion Annually Due To Road Accidents: UN Study

    India Loses $58 Billion Annually Due To Road Accidents: UN Study
    India's GDP takes a 3 per cent hit every year due to road accidents, equivalent to over USD 58 billion in value terms, a United Nations (UN) study has found out.      

    India Loses $58 Billion Annually Due To Road Accidents: UN Study

    Carfentanil, Much Deadlier Than Fentanyl, Found In Downtown Eastside Drug Bust

    Carfentanil, Much Deadlier Than Fentanyl, Found In Downtown Eastside Drug Bust
    Last month, a nine-month-old boy in Manitoba was rushed to hospital after being exposed to carfentanil, which is so powerful that just a few grains can be fatal for adults.

    Carfentanil, Much Deadlier Than Fentanyl, Found In Downtown Eastside Drug Bust

    Foreign Home Purchases In Metro Vancouver Are Back To Provincial Average

    Foreign Home Purchases In Metro Vancouver Are Back To Provincial Average
      Finance Minister Mike de Jong says the government is scaling back the amount of money it expects to collect from the tax in this budget year based on the new figures.

    Foreign Home Purchases In Metro Vancouver Are Back To Provincial Average

    Pilot Dead After Alberta-based CF-18 Crashes During Training In Weapons Range

    Pilot Dead After Alberta-based CF-18 Crashes During Training In Weapons Range
    Col. Paul Doyle, commanding officer of 4 Wing Cold Lake, said Capt. Thomas McQueen, 29, was engaged to be married and his fiancee lives in the Cold Lake area. 

    Pilot Dead After Alberta-based CF-18 Crashes During Training In Weapons Range

    Medical Examiner Tells Calgary Woman's Trial Boy Tied Of 'Overwhelming Sepsis'

    Medical Examiner Tells Calgary Woman's Trial Boy Tied Of 'Overwhelming Sepsis'
    CALGARY — The trial of a Calgary woman has heard that her seven-year-old son, whom she treated with dandelion tea and oil of oregano, died from "overwhelming sepsis."

    Medical Examiner Tells Calgary Woman's Trial Boy Tied Of 'Overwhelming Sepsis'